Improvement in pen-handle attachments



w. H. FOYE. PEN HANDLE ATTACHME'ITT.

No. 181,062. ratmd Aug.15,1876.

NJETERS. FNOTO-UTNOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

WILLIAM H. FOYE, OF PORTLAND MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEN-HANDLE ATTACHMENTS.

Specification fdrming part of Letters Patent No. 181,062, dated August15, 1876 application filed November 25, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. FOYE, of Portland, in the county ofCumberland, and State of Maine, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Pen-Handle Attachments; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pen-stock and pen with my inventionapplied. Fig. 2 shows top plan views of modifications of myimprovements.

Same letters show like parts.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment to an ordinarypen -handle, by which the holding of it is rendered easier for thefingers and hand, and by means of which also it can be held at anyinclination which the convenience of the user may require.

The device itself consists of a piece of wood, gutta-percha, cork, orany other substance, hollow so as to fit over the lower end of thestock, and long enough to receive the fingers and thumb, by which thestock is held. The characteristic of this piece is that it is providedwith inclined faces extending its length, and made of such width andinclined at such an gies as the different hands of different users mayrequire. By turning the piece upon the pen-stock the angles may bevaried so as to suit the convenience of the user.

In Fig. l, a shows the piece, and Fig. 2 illustrates modifications ofthe same. b shows the aperture in the piece a.

It is evident that this improvement may as well be applied to pencils asto pen-stocks. If desired, the pen-stock and piece a may be constructedin one piece but in this case the said piece a would not be adjustable.

I do not claim thumb and finger rests attached t0 the sides of acylinder, as shown in Patent No. 10,294 of April 10, 1855. Thisstructure is different from mine, and does not accomplish the objectsfor which mine is intended; neither do 1 claim a pen-holder, the fingerpart of which is made triangular, as shown in Patent No. 77,422 of 1868.My invention differs from both of these in the particular that it has anadjustable piece, with sides or faces of different inclinations. Theadjustable quality of the piece a. in my invention is its greatadvantage. In a long and continuous use of the pen the quick and easychange, at will, of the angles or faces, against which the fingers rest,affords great relief to the hand, and prevents pain and cramping. In myinvention the sides or faces against which the fingers rest can bechanged as often as desired without loss of time. I do not claim eithera pen-stock having an enlarged end, and a part of said stock havingfinger-rests of any formation, or a pen-stock supplied with bent piecesof metal encompassing the lower end, and capable of being turned aroundupon the pen-stock, as shown in the rejected cases of T. It. Timby, June7, 1871, and G. W. Wooley, July 3, 1868. I claim only the piece havingits three or more sides of varied inclination perforated to receive thepen-stock, and capable of being turned around upon the stock in order toafford change of position, relatively to each other, of the lingers inhandling the pen-stock.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In combination with an ordinary pen-stock the adjustable piece at,having the aperture b and the inclined faces, as and for the purposesset forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aflix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

W. H. FOYE.

Witnesses:

FRANK H. JORDAN, F. ELMORE JORDAN.

